Whittington, which was pretty to see ; and how that idle thing do work upon people that see it, and even myself too ! And thence to Jacob Hall's dancing on the ropes, where I saw such action as I never saw before, and mightily worth seeing ; and here... A Catalogue of Chap-books, Garlands, and Popular Histories - Pagina 69door James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps - 1849 - 190 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
| 1826 - 622 pagina’s
...was better pleased with the puppetshow of Whittington, at Southwark fair; where it was "pretty to see how that idle thing do work upon people that see it, and even myself too !" Then to Jacob Hale, the rope-dancer, " where I saw such action as I never saw before." Here he made... | |
| Samuel Pepys - 1828 - 486 pagina’s
...did Sir W. Coventry too, who told me that the Duke of York had shown him them. To Southwarke-fair, very dirty, and there saw the puppet-show of Whittington,...work upon people that see it, and even myself too ! And thence to Jacob Hall's dancing on the ropes, where I saw such action as I never saw before, and... | |
| Albany Institute - 1883 - 402 pagina’s
...prince of old gossips, Pepys, tells us, that he went " to Southwarko fair, and there saw the puppet show of Whittington, which was pretty to see ; and how...work upon people that see it, and even myself, too ! " Honest old Samuel ; but we cannot believe that the puppet show could have worked upon him very... | |
| James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps - 1848 - 120 pagina’s
...infested by mice or rats, that they invaded the king's food, and persons were employed to drive them from the royal banquet. This cat was useful in the same...which is printed in the Crowne Garland of Goulden Hoses, 1612, and has been reprinted in Evans, ed. 1810, ii, 325, and elsewhere. On the title is a cut... | |
| Thomas Wright - 1848 - 420 pagina’s
...The tale of Whittington was dramatized early in the seventeenth century. According to the Biagraphia Dramatica, iii, 402, there was entered on the books...reprinted in Evans, ed. 1810, ii, 325, and elsewhere. On the title is a cut of a "Welshman, with a leek in his hat. It describes the adventures of a Taffy... | |
| James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps - 1849 - 210 pagina’s
...with his weight in gold for a cat to kill their mice, and an oyntment to kill their flies, which lie improved, within five years, to £6000 on the place,...which is printed in the Crowne Garland of Goulden Hoses, 1612, and has been reprinted in Evans, ed. 1810, ii, 325, and elsewhere. 80. THE LIFE AND DEATH... | |
| Samuel [collections] Pepys - 1854 - 532 pagina’s
...did Sir W. Coventry, too, who told me that the Duke of York had shown him them. To Southwarke-Fair, very dirty, and there saw the puppet-show of Whittington,...work upon people that see it, and even myself too ! And thence to Jacob Hall's dancing on the ropes, where I saw such action as I never saw before, and... | |
| Samuel Pepys - 1854 - 510 pagina’s
...did Sir W. Coventry, too, who told me that the Duke of York had shown him them. To Southwarke-Fair, very dirty, and there saw the puppet-show of Whittington,...work upon people that see it, and even myself too ! And thence to Jacob Hall's dancing on the ropes, where I saw such action as I never saw before, and... | |
| Samuel Pepys - 1855 - 498 pagina’s
...did Sir W. Coventry, too, who told me that the Duke of York had shown him them. To Southwarke-Fair, very dirty, and there saw the puppet-show of Whittington, which was pretty to sec ; and how that idle thing do work upon people that sec it, and even myself too ! And thenee to... | |
| Jacob Larwood, John Camden Hotten - 1866 - 616 pagina’s
...to see it : " To Southwark Fair, very dirty, and there saw the puppet-show of Whittingtou, which is pretty to see ; and how that idle thing do work upon people that see it, and even myself too." Foote, in his comedy of the " Nabob," makes Sir Matthew Mite account for the legend by explaining the... | |
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